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2015 vol 7 issue 22 - November 17 2015

2015 vol 7 issue 22 - November 17 2015 - Page 1

by Jennifer Butler
Westlake High School’s Center Stage
Players have put on amazing musi-cals
every other year that typically
incorporate a children’s chorus from West-lake’s
grade schools, which was exemplified
in last year’s wonderfully successful produc-tion
of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat.” This year, Westlake aims for a
more classic musical with their production
of “Anything Goes.”
The age-old tale of boy-meets-girl takes
place on an ocean liner, the S.S. American,
bound from New York to London in the 1930s.
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FREE TO WRITE!
Submit your story
online by Nov. 27
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VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 22 | Community News Powered by the Citizens of Westlake and Bay Village | NovemBER 17, 2015
More stories, photos
and events online at
wbvobserver.com
Our community’s favorite newspaper,
/wbvobserver written by the residents of Westlake & Bay Village.
Bay Village
students honor,
learn from vets
by Karen Derby
Bay Village Schools students, from kin-dergarten
to seniors in high school,
continued the district’s fine tradition
of honoring our veterans on Veterans Day.
Normandy Elementary students brought
in their veteran dads, moms, aunts, uncles,
grandfathers and grandmothers for a cer-emony
and parade honoring them all. This
followed weeks of activities where students in
kindergarten through second grade learned
about the tremendous service and sacrifice
of our military heroes.
Students in third and fourth grade at
Westerly Elementary brought in photos and
stories about their family veterans to create a
“Wall of Stars” honoring the fight for freedom.
Ninety-three-year-old Mike Kevesdy,
a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and
recipient of the Bronze Star for saving the
lives of 200 men, spoke to sixth-graders in
his nephew Mark Kevesdy’s class at Bay
Middle School.
Navy Commander Greg Schell (Bay High
Class of 1981) and Marine Captain Mark Petro
(Bay High Class of 2006) shared their stories
with Bay High social studies students who
now sit in the same classrooms where the
veterans once learned.
Normandy second-grader Danny Zipfel
brought his dad, Marc, who served active
duty in the Navy, to a school ceremony.
» See veterans page 4
Photo by Karen Derby
by Eric Hansen
In 2012, Kingsville, Ontario,
became a Sister City with West-lake
through the common legacy
of one John Thomas Miner, better
known as Jack Miner. Born in 1865
near the present-day intersection
of Dover Center Road and Westown
Blvd., Jack moved with his family to
Kingsville when he was 13. His early
roots instilled in him a love of nature
and wildlife and he studied migra-tory
birds until his death in 1944,
becoming known as the Father of
Conservation. The August premiere
of “An Evening with Jack Miner” at
the Clague Playhouse generated an
invitation for me to reprise the role
at Jack’s migratory bird sanctuary in
Kingsville.
On Oct. 16, with passport in
hand, I crossed the border to not
only attend but participate in the
46th Annual Migration Festival.
Trip to Canadian ‘sister city’
honors famed Westlake native
» See kingsville page 4
Eric Hansen of the Westlake Historical Society visits with a few of
conservationist Jack Miner’s favorite subjects on a recent trip to
Kingsville for a celebration of Miner’s 150th birthday. Miner was
born in Westlake.
Photo by Joe Vermeulen
Westlake High School to
present ‘Anything Goes’
The Westlake High School cast of “Anything Goes,” from left: Cass Penegor, Justin
Godfrey, Anna Renkel, Anna Parchem, Alex Lathem, Jacob Kraft, Emma Beekman and
Alex Kuhn.
» See ANYT HING GOES page 2
Sni ppets of Bay Vil age His tor y
How Bay High School sports
teams became the Rockets
by Kay laughlin
In 1920, the Bay
Village Board of
Education was
facing a real need
for a larger school
that offered grades one through 12.
The Red Brick School on Lake Road
already had two additions and was
overcrowded. After eighth grade, the
Bay Village students went to school
in Dover (now Westlake), Rocky River
and Lakewood to finish their 12-year
education. The Bay Village Board of
Education paid for their tuition.
A bond issue was passed, and
a new two-story
brick building,
named Parkview
School, was
completed in
1922 on lands
purchased from
the Cahoon Park trustees just south
of Cahoon Memorial Park (where
Bay Middle School is now located).
It served grades one through 12 and
all students in Bay Village moved
into the new school, closing East-erly
at Columbia Road and the Red
Brick School house. A third story was
added in 1925.
» See ROCKETS page 2

by Jennifer Butler
Westlake High School’s Center Stage
Players have put on amazing musi-cals
every other year that typically
incorporate a children’s chorus from West-lake’s
grade schools, which was exemplified
in last year’s wonderfully successful produc-tion
of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat.” This year, Westlake aims for a
more classic musical with their production
of “Anything Goes.”
The age-old tale of boy-meets-girl takes
place on an ocean liner, the S.S. American,
bound from New York to London in the 1930s.
FREE
FREE TO READ!
FREE TO WRITE!
Submit your story
online by Nov. 27
at wbvobserver.com
VOLUME 7 • ISSUE 22 | Community News Powered by the Citizens of Westlake and Bay Village | NovemBER 17, 2015
More stories, photos
and events online at
wbvobserver.com
Our community’s favorite newspaper,
/wbvobserver written by the residents of Westlake & Bay Village.
Bay Village
students honor,
learn from vets
by Karen Derby
Bay Village Schools students, from kin-dergarten
to seniors in high school,
continued the district’s fine tradition
of honoring our veterans on Veterans Day.
Normandy Elementary students brought
in their veteran dads, moms, aunts, uncles,
grandfathers and grandmothers for a cer-emony
and parade honoring them all. This
followed weeks of activities where students in
kindergarten through second grade learned
about the tremendous service and sacrifice
of our military heroes.
Students in third and fourth grade at
Westerly Elementary brought in photos and
stories about their family veterans to create a
“Wall of Stars” honoring the fight for freedom.
Ninety-three-year-old Mike Kevesdy,
a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and
recipient of the Bronze Star for saving the
lives of 200 men, spoke to sixth-graders in
his nephew Mark Kevesdy’s class at Bay
Middle School.
Navy Commander Greg Schell (Bay High
Class of 1981) and Marine Captain Mark Petro
(Bay High Class of 2006) shared their stories
with Bay High social studies students who
now sit in the same classrooms where the
veterans once learned.
Normandy second-grader Danny Zipfel
brought his dad, Marc, who served active
duty in the Navy, to a school ceremony.
» See veterans page 4
Photo by Karen Derby
by Eric Hansen
In 2012, Kingsville, Ontario,
became a Sister City with West-lake
through the common legacy
of one John Thomas Miner, better
known as Jack Miner. Born in 1865
near the present-day intersection
of Dover Center Road and Westown
Blvd., Jack moved with his family to
Kingsville when he was 13. His early
roots instilled in him a love of nature
and wildlife and he studied migra-tory
birds until his death in 1944,
becoming known as the Father of
Conservation. The August premiere
of “An Evening with Jack Miner” at
the Clague Playhouse generated an
invitation for me to reprise the role
at Jack’s migratory bird sanctuary in
Kingsville.
On Oct. 16, with passport in
hand, I crossed the border to not
only attend but participate in the
46th Annual Migration Festival.
Trip to Canadian ‘sister city’
honors famed Westlake native
» See kingsville page 4
Eric Hansen of the Westlake Historical Society visits with a few of
conservationist Jack Miner’s favorite subjects on a recent trip to
Kingsville for a celebration of Miner’s 150th birthday. Miner was
born in Westlake.
Photo by Joe Vermeulen
Westlake High School to
present ‘Anything Goes’
The Westlake High School cast of “Anything Goes,” from left: Cass Penegor, Justin
Godfrey, Anna Renkel, Anna Parchem, Alex Lathem, Jacob Kraft, Emma Beekman and
Alex Kuhn.
» See ANYT HING GOES page 2
Sni ppets of Bay Vil age His tor y
How Bay High School sports
teams became the Rockets
by Kay laughlin
In 1920, the Bay
Village Board of
Education was
facing a real need
for a larger school
that offered grades one through 12.
The Red Brick School on Lake Road
already had two additions and was
overcrowded. After eighth grade, the
Bay Village students went to school
in Dover (now Westlake), Rocky River
and Lakewood to finish their 12-year
education. The Bay Village Board of
Education paid for their tuition.
A bond issue was passed, and
a new two-story
brick building,
named Parkview
School, was
completed in
1922 on lands
purchased from
the Cahoon Park trustees just south
of Cahoon Memorial Park (where
Bay Middle School is now located).
It served grades one through 12 and
all students in Bay Village moved
into the new school, closing East-erly
at Columbia Road and the Red
Brick School house. A third story was
added in 1925.
» See ROCKETS page 2